Masada del Valle 5: Turolian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Dibolia turolense
Rümke 1985
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Rümke 1985 | ||||||
recombined as Archaeodesmana turolense | |||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilinus turoliensis
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11 specimens | ||||||
Atlantoxerus adroveri
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9 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Dipoides problematicus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Eliomys truci
Mein and Michaux 1970
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5 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Ruscinomys schaubi
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15 specimens | ||||||
Kowalskia fahlbuschi
Bachmayer and Wilson 1970
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3 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Neocricetodon fahlbuschi | |||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Valerymys turoliensis
Michaux 1969
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65 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Huerzelerimys turoliensis | |||||||
Occitanomys adroveri
(Thaler 1966)
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122 specimens | ||||||
Parapodemus gaudryi
(Dames 1883)
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79 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain | State/province: | Aragon |
Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 2.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 3.2° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Turolian | ||
Age range of interval: | 8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Alfambra | ||||
Regional section: | Teruel-Alfambra | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Turolian, MN12, Late Miocene |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | black lignite |
Lithology description: 'Exposed are about 35m of the Peral Formation, mainly consisting of red clays and red sands with some beds of conglomerate, followed in the top part by 4m of yellow sands and conglomerate and 0.8m of well sorted sand. The Alfambra Formation starts with 1m of white marly limestone with at the base some 1.5cm thick undulating black lignitic clay layers. This is followed by a not exposed interval of 1m, on top 40cm of washed and orientated marly debris of opercula of molluscs with some bone fragments and streaks of green and black clay representing the MDV2 mammal locality. Then follow 2.4m of white marly limestone with some 1-3cm thick black lignitic layers. The next 0.3m consist of dark brown marl and marly limestone containing abundant molluscs (MDV3). In the following 1m of marly limestone some 0-10cm thick undulating black lignitic clay represent the MDV4 mammal locality. On top of another 0.5m of marly limestone 0.3-0.5m of black lignitic clay corresponds to the MDV5 mammal locality.' |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,sieve,field collection |
Minimum sieve size: | 0.500 |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Specimens are stored at the Geologisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht. |
Metadata
Also known as: | MDV5 | ||
Database number: | 35319 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner, L. van den Hoek Ostende | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, L. van den Hoek Ostende |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2003-11-28 06:12:05 | Last modified: | 2003-11-28 08:12:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-11-28 06:12:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9527. | PACED | A. van de Weerd. 1976. Rodent faunas of the Mio-Pliocene continental sediments of the Teruel-Alfambra region, Spain. Utrecht Micropalaeontological Bulletins, Special Publication 2:1-217 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende] |
Secondary references:
23416 | C. G. Rümke. 1985. A review of fossil and recent Desmaninae (Talpidae, Insectivora). Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins 4:1-241 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] |